Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The bassoon with a French horn accompanyment.
Call Number
D North 51/GC112/Box 02/Normal/Prints/Titles Ba-Br GA 2014.00094
Identifier
ark:/88435/x346dc27j
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1827
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26.1 x 37.3 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, pp. 206-208 (May 16, 1811)
Tegg no. 75
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: A couple of slumberers, with their noses elevated above the bedclothes, are evidently executing variations in a snoring fashion more powerful than pleasing, "Hush ev'ry breeze let nothing move: My Celia sleeps and dreams of love!".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Sleep—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Snoring—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Noise—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Spouses—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Musical instruments—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Country life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/31706d08-3017-4a35-a5cc-e218b97a54a6/manifest